NO PURCHASE NECESSARY.  A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.

1. How to Enter:   Complete the online entry form.  Sweepstakes begins on October 20, 2008 at 12:00:01 A.M. Central Time (CT) and ends January 18, 2009 at 11:59:59 P.M. CT  (“Promotional Period”).  One entry per person.

2. Eligibility:  The contest is open to all legal United States residents eighteen years of age or older.  Employees of Hallmark Cards, Incorporated, (“Hallmark”), its affiliated and subsidiary companies, or of the ad agency or other firm(s) involved in the design or conduct of this contest, and members of the families of those persons, are not eligible to participate.

Prizes:  One winner will receive a 10 Day Tour for two to Costa Rica. This is a tour of Costa Rica, All Meals, Hotels, Activities, Airport Transfers and Transportation within Costa Rica are provided. Airfare not included. (Value: $2700)

3. Drawing:  The prize winner will be selected in a random drawing from among all eligible entries received, such drawing to be held on or about January 18, 2009.  Entrants agree to be bound by the Official Rules and by the decisions of the judges, which are final and binding in all respects. ODDS OF WINNING A PRIZE ARE BASED UPON THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ELIGIBLE ENTRIES RECEIVED.  Winner will be notified by mail.  If notification is returned as undeliverable or if potential winner cannot be reached within fourteen (14) calendar days from the first notification attempt, such person will be disqualified, and an alternate potential winner will be selected and verified. Sponsor is not responsible for any change of mailing address of entrant.

By entering the sweepstakes, the winner agrees that the Sponsor, its subsidiary and affiliated companies and retail accounts, and their respective advertising, promotion and distribution agencies, affiliates, officers, directors and employees shall have no liability in connection with acceptance, operation, condition or use of the prizes awarded herein and acknowledge that said parties have neither made nor are in any manner responsible or liable for any warranty, representation, or guarantee, expressed or implied, in fact or in law, relative to any prize.  Entry in the contest constitutes permission to use winner’s name and likeness for publicity and advertising purposes without additional compensation.

Prizes may be substituted by the Sponsor in the event they become unavailable due to circumstances beyond the control of the Sponsor.  The Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel or suspend the contest should causes beyond the reasonable control of the Sponsor corrupt the administration, security or proper operation of the contest.

4. General Rules: Sponsor will be not responsible for entries that are lost, late, misdirected, incorrect, garbled or incompletely received, for any reason, including by reason of hardware, software, browser or network failure, malfunction, congestion or incompatibility at Sponsor’s server or elsewhere. Sponsor, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to disqualify any person tampering with the entry process, or the operation of the website.  Use of bots or other automated process to enter is prohibited and may result in disqualification at the sole discretion of the Sponsor.  Sponsor further reserves the right to cancel, terminate or modify any promotion not capable of completion as planned, including by reason of infection, by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, force majeure or technical failures of any sort.  In the event of a dispute, entries will be deemed submitted by the authorized account holder of the email address submitted at the time of entry. “Authorized account holder” is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet Access Provider, online service provider or other organization (e.g. business, educational institute) that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted email address.  All entries become the property of the Sponsor.  The prizes are non-transferable and cannot be substituted or redeemed for cash.  All taxes related to the prize are the responsibility of the winner of that prize.  The prize winner will be required to provide proper identification (including Social Security number) to claim the prize and will be required to execute an affidavit of eligibility, promotional release, and release from liability within fourteen days after receiving notification of winning the prize.  In the event of non-compliance with these requirements, or if the winner cannot be contacted at the address and telephone number given on the entry form, the prize will be awarded to an alternate winner.  Any prize returned as undeliverable will be awarded to an alternate winner.

Void where prohibited or restricted by law.  No purchase necessary.  For identification of the winner or a copy of the Rules and Regulations, send a stamped self-addressed envelope with your request to:
           
            Hallmark Action Link Sweepstakes
            Hallmark Magazine Customer Care
            P.O. Box 37805
            Boone, IA 50037

5. Sponsor: This sweepstakes is sponsored by Hallmark Publishing Holdings, Inc.

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